¹ The word of Jehovah was to Jeremiah^◦ the prophet against the nations;

² for Egypt, against the host of Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, which was by^◦ the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah^◦ king of Judah.

³ Arrange ye the shield and the buckler, and approach to the battle.

⁴ Harness the horses; and go·​·up, ye horsemen, and stand·​·forth with your helmets; scour the lances, and put on the sirons^*.

⁵ Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned·​·away backward? And their heroes are beaten·​·down, and fleeing have fled, and faced them not; for fear^◦ was all around, says^◦ Jehovah.

⁶ Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty·​·man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the hand^* of the river Euphrates.

⁷ Who is this that goes·​·up as the Nile, whose waters tumble as rivers?

⁸ Egypt goes·​·up as the Nile, and his waters tumble as the rivers; and he says, I will go·​·up, I will cover the land; I will make· the city and those who dwell in her ·perish.

⁹ Go·​·up, ye horses; and rave, ye chariots; and let the heroes go·​·forth; Kush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Lydians, who handle and bend^◦ the bow.

¹⁰ And this^◦ is the day for the Lord Jehovih^* of Armies, a day of vengeance, that He may be avenged of His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and soaked^* with their blood; for the Lord Jehovih of Armies sacrifices in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

¹¹ Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; in vain shalt thou multiply medicines; there is no cure for thee.

¹² The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy clamor has·​·filled the land; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

¹³ The word that Jehovah spoke to^▵ Jeremiah^◦ the prophet, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon would come and smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ Tell ye in Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and make it heard in Noph and in Taḥpanḥes; say ye, Stand·​·forth, and prepare for thyself; for the sword shall devour all around thee.

¹⁵ Wherefore are thy powerful·​·ones swept·​·away^◦? He stood not, for Jehovah did push· him ·out.

¹⁶ He made those who stumble many, yea, a man^◦ fell upon his companion; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our people, and to the land of our birth, from the faces of the afflicting^◦ sword.

¹⁷ They did call there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but an uproar; he has passed the time appointed.

¹⁸ As I am alive, says^◦ the King, whose name is Jehovah of Armies, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

¹⁹ Make for thyself vessels of exile, O daughter who dwells in Egypt; for Noph shall be for a desolation, and be kindled with fire from none dwelling there.

²⁰ Egypt is a very·​·beautiful heifer, but from the north disaster comes; it comes.

²¹ Also her hirelings are in among her as calves of the stall; for they also are faced back, and are fled away together; they did not stand, for the day of their downfall had come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

²² Her voice shall go as a serpent; for they shall go with a host, and come to her with axes^◦, as hewers of wood.

²³ They shall cut·​·off her forest, says^◦ Jehovah, for it is not searched·​·out; for they are multiplied more than the locusts, and there is no number for them.

²⁴ The daughter of Egypt shall be shamed; she shall be given into the hand of the people of the north.

²⁵ Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, says, Behold, I will visit Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, and her gods, and her kings; even^◦ Pharaoh and those who trust in him;

²⁶ and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their souls, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the ancient days, says^◦ Jehovah.

²⁷ But fear not thou, O My servant Jacob, and be· not ·dismayed, O Israel; for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be·​·quiet and be·​·at·​·ease, and none shall frighten him.

²⁸ Fear thou^◦ not, Jacob My servant, says^◦ Jehovah; for I^◦ am with^◦ thee; for I will make a complete end of all the nations whither I have expelled thee; but I will not make a complete end of thee, but chastise thee for the judgment; but rendering·​·innocent I will not render· thee ·innocent